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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Fowls.
8 Fowls Decomposition
The amount of time devoted to meat inspection is in my
opinion fully justified by the results. The work is done very
systematically by the Food Inspectors, who are specially
qualified for this work.
There are 247 butchers' shops in the Borough. 1,620
inspections were made of these shops and the meat exposed
for sale has been examined regularly.
Under the Public Health Meat Regulations, 1924, every
butcher is required to do all that is reasonably necessary to
guard against the contamination of meat by flies, filth and
dust. The most efficient method of doing this is by providing
a glass front to the shop, and at present only 10 of
the 247 butchers' shops in the Borough are entirely without
either a fixed or moveable glass front.
There were no prosecutions under these Regulations during
the year.
Unsound Food.
At the request of the owners the following foodstuffs were
condemned and destroyed, and the usual certificates granted
viz.:—20 boxes of tomatoes; 1 box of cod's roes; 10 carcases,
2 heads and collars, 7 plucks and 8 offa's of pig; 3 boxes of
kippers; 1 carcase, 2 forequarters, 2 flanks and 2 offals of
beef; 55 boxes of pears; 1 bag of eels; 20 boxes of peas;
1 trnnk of assorted fish; 1 trunk of whiting; 1 box of herrings;
1 stone of haddock; 1 cooked chicken; and 6 stone of skate.
Certification of Meat Food Products.
All meat food products prepared for export from this
country to Canada, Australia and several other countries, must
be accompanied by a certificate stating that the food has been
prepared in a cleanly condition and on sanitary premises, and
from meat which has been duly inspected by a Veterinary
Surgeon.